Please contact your Financial Aid Counselor and Student Accounts (studentaccounts@mica.edu) to discuss any potential financial impact a Leave of Absence may impose. Additionally, please refer to the MICA Refund Policy to check your eligibility for a refund. Refunds are based on a student's last day of attendance. Please note that not all non-MICA scholarships honor MICA's refund policy.
The purpose of a Leave of Absence is to allow a pause in your studies at MICA due to extreme extenuating circumstances. Students who pursue a Leave of Absence for this reason are eligible to return within 3 years, and are able to preserve certain MICA financial aid packages and scholarships.
In the first 5 weeks of the semester
- Students may be eligible for a refund per MICA’s refund policy.
- Students taking an LOA in the first five weeks of the semester fall within the MICA’s college-wide withdrawal period and will receive Ws on their transcripts for any classes in which they were enrolled.
- Students will need to submit supporting documentation upon return from a LOA. Documentation should note that the student is in a position to return successfully to MICA.
After the first 5 weeks of the semester
- No refund is available per MICA’s refund policy.
- If a student has supporting documentation for a Leave of Absence, SOS will provide Medical Withdrawals for all courses in which the student is enrolled. Additionally, the student will need to submit supporting documentation upon return from a LOA. Documentation should note that the student is in a position to return successfully to MICA.
- If a student can not provide supporting documentation for a Leave of Absence they may not be eligible to receive Medical Withdrawals for their classes. However, they can still take a LOA which will allow them to preserve eligible MICA financial aid and scholarship packages. The student will need to submit supporting documentation upon return from a LOA. Documentation should note that the student is in a position to return successfully to MICA.